Improvement in shoe-blacking implements



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Shoe-BlaekingI Implements. No.l52,l86. Patentedmmwsn.

Witnesses: Inv tur:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ANSON L. SONN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOE-BLACKING IMPLEMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,186, dated June 16, 1874 application led January 26, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANsoN L. SONN, of Baltimore, Maryland, have invented a new and Improved Combined Blacking-Box, Blacker, and Polisher; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying` drawing forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a side elevation of the brushes broken away to show the blacking-box in the recess. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the blacker, and Fig. 3 a corresponding but partial view of the polisher.

The invention consists in a peculiar mode of covering the blaeking-box, and supporting' the blaeker upon the polisher, so that the whole may be conveniently carried in their trunks by travelers, and without the possibility of soiling their clothes.

A represents the blacker, provided with the usual brush c at one end; and B, the polisher, having recess b at one end, the latter being' without bristles. In this recess b is located the blacking-box C, with its rim c projecting above the surface of polisher B, and over this rim iits a flange, d, of the cover D, which also had an upward flange, d', made of the same height as the bristles of polisher.

By this construction, the handle ofthe blackerA rests upon the top of the polishers bristles and upon the flanged', while the cover, fitting over the edge of box, prevents a movement in one direction.

rlhe arrangement of the blackers bristles between those of the polisher and the flange d prevents the brushes fromlongitudinal 'niovement,while a transverse cord or hard Anson L. soNN.

I/Vitnesses:

W. H. SADLER, W. H. DEVON. 

